Emergency-trousers.



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EMERGENCY TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILED J UNE 16,}.910. Patented Mar. 4,1913.

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EMERGENCY TROUSERS.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 16, 1910.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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6] Round) when the owner is forced to his. bedroom.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

ALEXANDER SOLI'IANO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EMERGENCY-TROUSE RS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Y '0 all whom it may concern:

' :Be it known that l, ALEXANDER Som'raxo, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Emergency-Trousers,of which the following is a specification-J This invention relates totrousers. or pantaloons having attached feet, the trousers being adaptedfor use in cases of emergency quickly leave One of the objects of theinvention is to provide trousers'whcrein one leg and one foot isconstructed of a single piece of. cloth,

trousers, or trousers, wherein each leg and half body portion isprovided with only one seam and that, an inner seam, and one inrepresents a pattern orform for cutting the improved trousers. Fi 2 is aplan view of which the same piece of cloth formingone of the legs andonehalf of the body is also elriployed to form the foot portion.

nother object of the invention is the provision of an ext-remely'simplemanner of delineating the outlines ofthe surface ofthe cloth necessaryto provide :1 leg of the trousers and the elimination of all unnecessarydetailwork whereby a pair of trousers a material saving of the cloth.

In the accompanying drawingsF-igure 1 may be easily and qulcklyconstructed with one ofthe legs and oot of the trousers. Figs. 3, 4 and5 are perspective views showing the trousers complete.

One of the primary objects of the present invention is to-providetrousers integrally formed with foot orshoe portions, the same adaptedto retain a shape so that a gentleman being called unexpectedly from hisbed may quickly don the trousers and appear in public withoutembarrassment.

It is Well known that different structures of garments provided withfeet have already been introduced upon themarket, but

in a majority of these cases thegarments are employed for protecting thenether limbs of infants. In other cases the garments are constructed forunderwear and overalls, in which stylish form and fit are of no greataccount, and are only roughly estimated when the garment is constructed.

In constructing the trousers in accordance with the present invention, apattern or form is employed. The form is'so shaped the legs isdetermined" pm the lower pp that, if desired, a large number of the portions of the garments comprising the halves, may be cut at one time.course, is employed when a large number of a single size of trousers areto be constructed.v

The person tobe fitted having beenduly measured in the usual manner,there is Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Application filed June 16. 1910. Serial No. 567,229;

This method, of I 1 drafted a ,single pattern designated by the numeral1, the same being prepared from the given personal measurements laid ofithereon substantially in the well known manner, The pattern 1 isprovided withva median line 2 which extends the entire longitudinallength. of the attern. This .line 2 intersects approximately thecentral'port-ion of the bottom of the foot 3 which, is formed upon the.oods-to be cut. i.

The length of the bottom of the trousers is determined and indicated bythe lineH, and the sco e of the instep or that portion connecting heheel of the foot bottom 3z-by the lines 4--5. The len h of the halves of,tions thereof to the crotch point 6. T ese points (ifi'are determinedfrom the measurement of the thigh, the said measurementheinlghindic'ated upon the attern by the line seaming edgeslo the legsfrom'the points 4 to 6 gradiently increase in proportion from the points4 to the said points 6- so as to agree-with the shape of the leg oftherperson for whom the trousers are made.

e scalloped excisions between thepoints 4 and 5 are duplicatedbetween'points 5 and 8, so that the cut away portionsbetween the saidpoints 4, 8 and 5 are substantially arcuate. The length of the footbottom is determined between the points 9Iand 10, the shape of the toeor front portion of the foot being also determined and the pattern iscut correspondingly. The width of the foot at' the ball thereof isindicated by the line 11 and the portion of the pattern for the top ofthe foot which is indicated by the numeral 12 is cut correspondingly asclearly shown in Fig.1 of the drawings.

The one-half measurement; ofthe waistis indicated upon the waistbandasdesignatedby the line 13, and the said waistband is formed with anextension 14, the latter being adapted to serve as a flap for a purposewhich will be fully set forth .when a doscription of the com letegarmentisgiven. The front and rear 0 the halves oithebofly bet-weenthe-crotch points 6 and online 13 is indicated by measurements so thatthe front and the rear 16 are readily determined; The front 15".directly above they crotch point is formed with tabs 17 and -17.

When the' pattern ishcompleted as above described, the same ispositioned upon both I of the pieces of cloth which are to make tel uponepair of complete trousers of a mess; urement thus determined.Thedelineztting .10 1

cloth out accordingly. The seaming edges marks are scribeduponthe'clot-h, and the of each half of the trousers are sewed to-'gether. The top 12 of the foot is folded over the bottom 3 and itsedges sewedthereto. The edges 4, 5 and 8 upon the front of the trousersa're' sewed together so that, ex-

Lable separable fastenerap lit/formed vided with the remaining "portion,The flaps 14 are cep ting ;for the body half of the section, one

of theileg sections and, foot therefor is completed. The rear z front ofeach of the halves sewed toh'er,;excepting for a space left upon one ofthe halves forthe reception of the tab uponfthe opposite half, the tab17 being turned back upon the rear surface of: its respective bodyportion and sewed compltedjit will be noted that the elastic band 18will Ireadily expand to allow the ownertoput'on the trousers'whendesired. It willbe also noted that thetrousers may be easily and quicklyremoved without neof one'of the halves is- -sewed to the rear of theopposite half and ,3,-

e first named.

When this is.

' ALEXANDER SOLITANO.

cessitating the use ofbuttons or analogous securing devices.

If desired, and in some instances it has been found preferable, the footbottom 3 may be formed with a sole of leather, designated by the numeral19, and illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5 of the drawings. This sole 19 isstitched along the edges of the foot bottom 3 and the same materiallyaids in prolonging the life of the foot of the trousers. This sole isnot, however, an essential feature of the device and may be dispensedwith if desired.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new, is

The trousers hereinbefore described, (3,0111; prising identically formedsections, each of said sections embodying a leg portion and a footportion, the said-'foot portion and 1e portion being interconnected byareduoe portion of the material, the bottom of the said foot portionbeing arranged at one side of the longitudinal medial line of'thesections and having a top. portion forming saidfoot and leg sections,said leg and foot of the longitudinal medial line of the'com-' pletesection whereby in the sewing of the garment one portion of thecompletesection may remain stationary relative'to the other \sertion, saidstationary portion .forming the back and bottom of the trouser leg andfoot SCClZlQHTBSpQCtlVQlY. V. testimony whereof I aflix my signatureingpresenoe of two witnesses.

I Witnesses: I. SAM Gowns e,

GILBERT PARRECY.

an arcuate-shaped incision intermediate the 'sections adapted to befolded upon one side

